Intel Core i5-9300H vs Intel Core i7-13700H

Core i5-9300H vs Core i7-13700H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700H performs better than the Core i5-9300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9300H. Indeed, the Core i7-13700H has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-9300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300H. According to our data, the Core i5-9300H and Core i7-13700H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-9300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.